Individual Details
Nathaniel Haggard
(November 21, 1723 - August 21, 1806)
NATHANIEL HAGGARD, DAR #439771, lived in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, VA, during the Revolutionary War, and was a delegate to the Virginia House of Burgesses from Albemarle County, VA, when he signed the "Virginia Declaration of Independence" on 21 April 1779 (the original preserved in the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA), the year Thomas Jefferson was elected Governor of Virginia.
They settled in Albemarle County, VA, near Charlottesville, where they raised a family of seven sons and three daughters, and were members of the Baptist Church. Three of their sons became Baptist ministers and two daughters married Baptist ministers.
Nathaniel Haggard moved with his family to Todd County, KY, and in 1788 to Winchester, Clark County, KY, where they settled on a fine tract of land two miles south of Winchester on the Boonesboro Pike, then a wilderness, where he built a log cabin of cherry logs with portholes to fight off any indian attackers. This log cabin stood for over 150 years until it was burned by vandals following World War II.
NATHANIEL HAGGARD HOME: The original room built by Nathaniel Haggard, Sr., in 1786, of hewn cherry and ash logs was still standing in good repair in 1949. More rooms had been added. This home is on the farm of W. E. Heflin (1949) on Howard Creek three miles south of Winchester on the east side of the Boonesboro Pike and 3/4 mile from the pike. The Nathaniel Haggard Cemetery was located 200 yards northwest of the house, field stone markers were gone so only a pasture was left.
"In the name of God, amen. I, Nathaniel Haggard, of Clark County and State of Kentucky, being in perfect health, sound mind and memory do make this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me heretofore made. I give to my wife Elizabeth Haggard all my estate real and personal during her life time or during her widowhood. I GIVE to my son Nathaniel Haggard the plantation house whereon I now live and the same land and plantation to be valued by three discreet persons and my said son to receive of the said plantation and land at the value so as to be upon an equality with the rest of my children and if valued to more than an equal share the surplus to be paid equally to the rest of my children and if valued less than my other children to pay cash on an equal share round so as to bring the said Nathaniel Haggard upon an equality one with the other. I GIVE to my children, one with another, to Hennery Haggard and to my son John Haggard, to my daughter Mary Kindred and to my son James Haggard and David Haggard and to Bartlett Haggard and to Jane Gentry and to Elizabeth Kindred all my estate real and personal to be divided among them so that each of my children receive an equal portion of my estate so that my son Nathaniel Haggard by receiving the above plantation shall not receive any more or less of my estate than the above mentioned children. AND LASTLY I conclude and appoint my wife Elizabeth Haggard and my son John Haggard and David Haggard and Bartlett Haggard and Jane Gentry and Nathaniel Haggard executors of this my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this 17th day of July Eighteen Hundred. (signed) Nathanele Haggard Attest: Allen Neel, Robert Elkin (WILL AND SETTLEMENTS BOOK 2, Page 200 WILL OF NATHANIEL HAGGARD - 8-25-1806 Probated.)
Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Gentry) Haggard and the rest of their children, most of them now married, moved from Albemarle County, Virginia, to the Kentucky region where they settled in present Clark County. This area of Virginia became the present State of Kentucky.
Information about the Haggard family from "History of Kentucky," Charles Kerr, editor, American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol V, page 330.
They settled in Albemarle County, VA, near Charlottesville, where they raised a family of seven sons and three daughters, and were members of the Baptist Church. Three of their sons became Baptist ministers and two daughters married Baptist ministers.
Nathaniel Haggard moved with his family to Todd County, KY, and in 1788 to Winchester, Clark County, KY, where they settled on a fine tract of land two miles south of Winchester on the Boonesboro Pike, then a wilderness, where he built a log cabin of cherry logs with portholes to fight off any indian attackers. This log cabin stood for over 150 years until it was burned by vandals following World War II.
NATHANIEL HAGGARD HOME: The original room built by Nathaniel Haggard, Sr., in 1786, of hewn cherry and ash logs was still standing in good repair in 1949. More rooms had been added. This home is on the farm of W. E. Heflin (1949) on Howard Creek three miles south of Winchester on the east side of the Boonesboro Pike and 3/4 mile from the pike. The Nathaniel Haggard Cemetery was located 200 yards northwest of the house, field stone markers were gone so only a pasture was left.
"In the name of God, amen. I, Nathaniel Haggard, of Clark County and State of Kentucky, being in perfect health, sound mind and memory do make this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me heretofore made. I give to my wife Elizabeth Haggard all my estate real and personal during her life time or during her widowhood. I GIVE to my son Nathaniel Haggard the plantation house whereon I now live and the same land and plantation to be valued by three discreet persons and my said son to receive of the said plantation and land at the value so as to be upon an equality with the rest of my children and if valued to more than an equal share the surplus to be paid equally to the rest of my children and if valued less than my other children to pay cash on an equal share round so as to bring the said Nathaniel Haggard upon an equality one with the other. I GIVE to my children, one with another, to Hennery Haggard and to my son John Haggard, to my daughter Mary Kindred and to my son James Haggard and David Haggard and to Bartlett Haggard and to Jane Gentry and to Elizabeth Kindred all my estate real and personal to be divided among them so that each of my children receive an equal portion of my estate so that my son Nathaniel Haggard by receiving the above plantation shall not receive any more or less of my estate than the above mentioned children. AND LASTLY I conclude and appoint my wife Elizabeth Haggard and my son John Haggard and David Haggard and Bartlett Haggard and Jane Gentry and Nathaniel Haggard executors of this my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this 17th day of July Eighteen Hundred. (signed) Nathanele Haggard Attest: Allen Neel, Robert Elkin (WILL AND SETTLEMENTS BOOK 2, Page 200 WILL OF NATHANIEL HAGGARD - 8-25-1806 Probated.)
Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Gentry) Haggard and the rest of their children, most of them now married, moved from Albemarle County, Virginia, to the Kentucky region where they settled in present Clark County. This area of Virginia became the present State of Kentucky.
Information about the Haggard family from "History of Kentucky," Charles Kerr, editor, American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol V, page 330.
Events
| Birth | November 21, 1723 | Hanover County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1743 | Albemarle County, Virginia - Mary Hazelrigg | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1748 | Clark County, Kentucky - Elizabeth Gentry | |||
| Death | August 21, 1806 | Clark County, Kentucky | |||
| Burial | Haggard Cemetery, Clark County, Kentucky |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Gentry (1731 - 1820) |
| Child | Elizabeth Haggard (1752 - ) |
| Child | John Haggard (1752 - 1832) |
| Child | Mary Overton Haggard (1757 - 1820) |
| Child | Rev. James Haggard (1759 - 1853) |
| Child | Jane Haggard (1761 - 1841) |
| Child | David Haggard (1764 - 1844) |
| Child | Bartlett Haggard (1764 - 1846) |
| Child | Nathaniel "Nathan" Haggard (1765 - 1858) |
| Spouse | Mary Hazelrigg ( - ) |
| Child | Henry Hazelrigg Haggard (1744 - 1843) |
| Child | Martin Haggard (1746 - 1794) |
| Father | James Haggard (1685 - 1770) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Gentry (1687 - ) |
| Sibling | James Haggard (1709 - 1743) |
| Sibling | Richard Haggard (1711 - ) |
| Sibling | William Haggard (1712 - ) |
| Sibling | John B. Haggard (1714 - ) |
| Sibling | Frank "French" Haggard (1716 - ) |
| Sibling | Edmund Haggard (1725 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Gray Haggard (1728 - ) |
| Sibling | Zachariah Haggard (1730 - 1760) |